# Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E4700 2.6GHz / AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+
# Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4770 512MB or NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
# System Memory: 3 GB RAM
# DirectX 9 Compatible Graphics Card
it’s not all doom, gloom, and splatting against buildings. There are, of course, collectibles in the form of comic book pages scattered all over New York. Collecting certain numbers of them will unlock full comic books for you to read over at Stan Lee’s comic book store. This element of the game I really enjoyed, as it allowed you some time out from the constant barrage of Task Force operatives and heroic duties to perform. The comics are great, in full HD, range from earlier to later issues, and they’re a joy to read on your TV screen. They delve into different aspects of the wall-crawler and allow you to learn more about him.
Sneaking about the Russian hideouts on the walls and ceilings felt satisfying, and getting the jump on your foes by stealthily webbing them to a ceiling, or hanging them from an overhead pipe felt great. It’s not a dedicated stealth system, as it doesn’t change the way you play from the outside open areas, but this was a cool idea. Plus the reward of an awesome looking suit means these areas well worth taking the time out to complete.
simple errors that any game developer could fix. Despite all the nods to Spider-Man lore, as the game goes on it becomes clear the developers really had no idea what the script for the film was. It’s not like Sony would have told them, and who knows how many re-writes the film’s script had gone through by the time the game started being crafted? The fact is that the story feels like a group of Spider-Man fan-writers saw the Big Game TV spot (that four minute trailer that played) and decided to do their best at figuring out where the story could go. They got it all wrong.
Almost none of this game matches up with the story of the film and barely makes reference to the first film. Only through Stan Lee’s mentioning of the apartment and Aunt May’s dottering over Gwen do players have any indication that this game is even related to the first film’s game adaptation. The story is rough, to say the least. It seems Kingpin, through Fisk Industries and Os - Corp, recently handed to Harry Osborn, are working together to eliminate the threat of crime that Spider-Man seems to not be making any kind of impact on. despite the player trying their darn-dest. In doing so, Fisk is overplaying his hand trying to outwit Harry and force all competing crime out of town.
Electro appears in the game and despite being a core villain in the film, he’s a side-villain at best in this game. Kraven is given incredible development in this game while Max Dillon’s story is hardly given a thought. Dillon’s transformation into a villain is completely lost, his appearance completely unlike Jamie Foxx’s, but any chance of relating to the character is lost as his accident, his interactions, even his very life, are all captured off screen and given to Spider-Man second hand while the player acquires journal entries of various characters.
